HideMyAss review

HMA sells three subscription tiers on a single app. The 1-month plan lists at $11.99 per month and renews monthly with no commitment. The 1-year plan drops the effective rate to $4.99 per month, billed once a year. The 3-year plan is the headline play at $2.99 per month billed up front, the lowest published long-term rate for a major audited consumer VPN with this country count.

Worked out across the 3-year term, the effective per-month rate is the headline price. Every paid plan is backed by a 30-day money-back window. Renewal pricing reverts to the standard published rate after the intro term, so factor that in if you plan to keep the subscription past year three. HMA also runs occasional promo codes that stack on top of the standard published rate.

HMA operates 2,900+ servers across 65+ countries, with the deepest country coverage in the consumer market alongside ExpressVPN (105+) and CyberGhost (100+). The fleet includes dedicated streaming locations and a smaller set of P2P-friendly servers. The country list covers most major regions (US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Australia, Brazil) plus a long tail of smaller markets that other providers skip.

The 65+ country count is meaningful for buyers who need exits in less-common locations. If you need an exit in a specific country for a specific purpose (regional sports, a local news app, or a state-restricted online service), HMA is more likely to have a labelled exit than a competitor that focuses on raw server count. The trade-off is throughput: speeds on long-distance hops drop by the amount you would expect from a 65+ country network.

HMA has been independently audited once, by Deloitte in 2023. The audit scope covers the no-logs policy itself (the controls HMA claims to enforce) rather than wire-level packet capture, so the stamp verifies the policy at the documented level. The audit cadence is shorter than the deepest competitors (NordVPN 5, ExpressVPN 12, ProtonVPN 6, TunnelBear 8), but a Big Four audit is still a meaningful signal.

HMA is owned by Avast (which merged with NortonLifeLock to form Gen Digital in 2022). The corporate parent is a consideration for buyers who weigh ownership. HMA is headquartered in the United Kingdom, which is a member of the 14-Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. The audit and the no-logs policy mitigate the jurisdiction risk at the policy layer, but UK jurisdiction is a real consideration for buyers who weigh it.

HMA unblocks Netflix in our latest checks, including US and UK libraries. Coverage extends to Prime Video and BBC iPlayer. The apps include labelled streaming locations (US Liberty Island, UK London, etc.) that are pre-tuned for streaming access, similar to CyberGhost's labelled server pattern. Connecting to a labelled streaming location is the recommended path when a generic exit fails to load a streaming catalog.

HMA also publishes an IP refresh schedule that lets you cycle to a fresh IP address from the same city without changing your visible location. The feature is useful when a streaming provider pushes a block on a specific IP and you want a new one without switching cities. Catalog coverage moves over time; any VPN that reliably unblocks Netflix today will eventually hit a captcha or a regional licensing change.

HMA is the right pick for buyers who want the deepest country coverage in the consumer market at the lowest long-term price. It fits users who care about the 3-year tier at $2.99 per month, labelled streaming locations, and the IP refresh feature for getting a new exit without changing cities. It is also a strong fit for users who need an exit in a less-common country that other providers skip.

Consider alternatives if UK jurisdiction is a hard requirement (NordVPN in Panama, ProtonVPN in Switzerland, ExpressVPN in the BVI), if you want a deeper audit record (ExpressVPN 12, ProtonVPN 6, TunnelBear 8), if you want unlimited simultaneous devices (Surfshark), or if you want the largest server fleet (PIA at 35,000+). For a privacy-first VPN with a flat price and open-source clients, Mullvad is the closer neighbor.

If HMA is close but not quite right, three VPNs cover similar buyer profiles with different trade-offs.

• CyberGhost - the labelled-streaming alternative. CyberGhost also labels individual servers for Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Disney+, and torrenting, runs on similar Kape-adjacent infrastructure, and pairs a 45-day refund window with a similar 2-year promo price. Larger server fleet (9,800+ vs 2,900+), Romania jurisdiction outside 14-Eyes.
• NordVPN - the premium alternative. NordVPN caps simultaneous devices at 10, ships Double VPN, Onion Over VPN, Meshnet, and Threat Protection, plus five independent audits and a Panama jurisdiction. Higher 2-year promo price, smaller country count on the same budget, broader feature set.
• ExpressVPN - the reliability alternative with the deepest audit record. ExpressVPN has 12 audits, runs TrustedServer RAM-only infrastructure across the entire fleet, and ships Lightway. Higher headline price ($6.67 per month on the yearly plan), no Double VPN, similar country count (105+ vs 65+).